29|06|2009
The following are the 2010 priorities for the Visegrad Strategic Program:

  (1) V4 Response to the Decade of Roma Inclusion
  (2) Building a Green Visegrad
  (3) Sharing V4 Know-how with Neighbouring Regions
  (4) V4 Promotion

For detailed description please proceed here.

22|06|2009
Please note that changes have occured in the rules, contract and the application form of the Visegrad University Studies Grant program.

. see more

22|06|2009 Max./Min. Supported Sums for Small/Standard Grants Raised by €1,000

The Council of Ambassadors approved raising the maximum supported sum for Small Grants to €5,000. Correspondingly, the minimum sum for projects within the Standard Grants is raised to €5,001. The new rules are valid as of today, i.e. the new sums apply first to the September deadlines of Small and Standard Grants.


22|06|2009
At its fifth session this year, the Council of Ambassadors approved the following grant projects within the May deadline of the Visegrad Strategic Program:

. List of Approved Strategic Grants (May 2009 deadline)

10|06|2009
We would like to invite you for the following presentation of the Fund's programs in the Czech Republic:

Invitation: Central Bohemia Region, Praha 5; 8 July 2009, 10.00

Are you looking for project partners from another V4 country? To leave a short note on the notice board of the Visegrad Find application proceed here:

 


04|06|2009
The work of the International Visegrad Fund was praised by the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group countries at the annual summit in Wieliczka (PL) yesterday. The decision was taken to increase the countries' annual contributions to the Fund's budget by €250,000, amounting to the total budget of €6 million.

Press Release (Bratislava, 4 June 2009)
Press Release (Warsaw, 4 June 2009) | Komunikat prasowy (Warszawa, 4 czerwca 2009)

18|05|2009
At its forth session this year, the Council of Ambassadors approved the following grant projects:

. List of Approved Standard Grants (March 2009 deadline)

27|04|2009
At its third session this year, the Council of Ambassadors approved the following grant projects and scholarships:

. List of Approved Strategic Grants (February 2009 deadline)
. List of Approved Small Grants (March 2009 deadline)
. Lists of Approved Scholarships (January 2009 deadline)

21|03|2009
The Fund has released the 2008 Annual Report/Guideline to 2009 Programs. To see its electronic version please see the following link:

. Annual Report 2008

25|11|2008
The Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs decided on 24 November 2008 that the rules of the Visegrad Scholarship Program (VSP) are applicable to Kosovar scholars, i.e. Kosovar scholars are eligible for Visegrad scholarships within the In-Coming Scheme.

. Rules of the VSP
. Scholarships

08|07|2008: Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian scholars welcome to apply for scholarships!

As of 2009, scholars from altogether 17 countries can apply for scholarships at the Fund (newly including scholars from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).

. more

10|09|2007
Thanks to its original concept and design excellence, the "Visegrad Fund" logo has been selected from the innovative three-tier jury of the European Logo Design Annual (Eulda) for the "Best Of Nation 2007" award.

. Winners - Eulda 2007 (Best of Europe/Best of Nation)
. more about the logo(s)

18|06|2007 Prime Ministers: The Fund Strengthens Central European Identity

Projects financed from the increased 5 million Euro budget of the International Visegrad Fund fostering people-to-people contacts and involving the civil society, launching the new web site of the Visegrad Group (www.visegradgroup.eu) and the new V4 logo have undoubtedly positively contributed to the strengthening of the Central European identity.

(Summit of the V4 Prime Ministers, Bratislava, 18 June 2007)

. Press Statement
. IVF/V4 Logotypes



Upcoming Deadlines:
Small Grants
01/09/2009

Visegrad Artist Residencies
10/09/2009

Standard Grants
15/09/2009

Visegrad University Studies Grant
10/11/2009


Current Projects:
Please check for possible changes with the given organizers (see Calendar for contact details)

19/06/2009 - 02/07/2009
Central European Cooperation Reloaded
Koszeg, HU
22/06/2009 - 12/07/2009
Festival of Folk Music World Music and Art of Dance
Bekes, HU
26/06/2009 - 05/07/2009
Summer fest, 2009 Mezoszilas
Mezoszilas, HU
28/06/2009 - 05/07/2009
Week of Arts in Csongrad - Meeting of nations and cultures
Csongrad, HU
28/06/2009 - 11/07/2009
Visegrad Summer School in Villa Decius in Krakow 8th edition
Krakow, PL
01/07/2009 - 05/07/2009
Multimedia Festival Art of Document "1989: Europe!"
Poznan, PL
04/07/2009 - 05/07/2009
Visegrad Bridge - Five Years Later
Muszyna, PL
04/07/2009 - 12/07/2009
Movement Shapes Mind, Heart and Body
Warsaw, PL
05/07/2009 - 12/07/2009
Summer Visegrad folklore workshop camp and festival 2009
Ostrava, CZ
06/07/2009 - 11/07/2009
Summer School "A Metropolis with a Green Heart"
Bratislava, SK
07/07/2009
Ex Oriente Film – 2009
Karlovy Vary, CZ
09/07/2009 - 11/07/2009
Organising the Visegrad Group day during the EKO Union of Rock Festival Wegorzewo 2009
Wegorzewo, PL
09/07/2009 - 13/07/2009
Seminar on the Future of the European Union - Students Without Boundaries
Budapest, HU
10/07/2009 - 12/07/2009
Identity of Culture - International Days in Banska Stiavnica
Banska Stiavnica, SK
10/07/2009 - 12/07/2009
Cultural cooperation between the Hol-Tér Cultural Association and partners in 2009
Nyirbator, HU
10/07/2009 - 12/07/2009
Festival of brass music "Trstena´s flugelhorn 2009"
Trstena, SK
10/07/2009 - 12/07/2009
25th International Palace Game In Visegrad
Visegrad, HU
10/07/2009 - 19/07/2009
Double jubilee – 15th International Haydn Festival and the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death
Fertod, HU
11/07/2009 - 12/07/2009
Small villages of V4: On the common way II.
Horne Chlebany, SK
11/07/2009 - 16/07/2009
You´ re (in) right
Krahule, SK
11/07/2009 - 17/07/2009
International Guitarfestival & Courses Gyongyos
Gyongyos, HU
12/07/2009
World Camp 2009
Bratislava, SK
15/07/2009 - 17/07/2009
Border speaking
Kostrzyn, PL
18/07/2009
Live Chess 2009
Banska Stiavnica, SK
18/07/2009 - 25/07/2009
Delights and pleasures, but also sorrows and sadness – in traditional music of Visegrad countries
Namest nad Oslavou, CZ
18/07/2009 - 26/07/2009
Cult-Urbs Interdisciplinary International Student Conference
Pecs, HU
20/07/2009 - 25/07/2009
Summer University for History Teachers of the V4 Countries
Matrafured, HU
22/07/2009 - 23/07/2009
Lex Informatica, Hungary 2009
Budapest, HU
23/07/2009 - 26/07/2009
Crossroads 2009 - 11th Festival of Traditional Music
Krakow, PL
23/07/2009 - 02/08/2009
9th Gomor-Torna Festival
Aggtelek, HU
23/07/2009 - 02/08/2009
Retrospective of the Golden Era of Hungarian Cinema
Wroclaw, PL
24/07/2009 - 02/08/2009
Best Film of Central Europe
Uherske Hradiste, CZ
24/07/2009 - 02/08/2009
Panorama of film criticism II.
Uherske Hradiste, CZ
25/07/2009
Millennial Year Programme project of Visegrad - 2009
Visegrad, HU
26/07/2009 - 01/08/2009
2nd Velencei Lake Arts Festival - Summer Music Academy
Nadap, Pazmand, Velence, Kapolnasnyek, HU
27/07/2009 - 01/08/2009
HRA!nica / "The connecting link" /- creative interdisciplinary project at the lonely border
Kral, SK
29/07/2009
Walls of hate
Zsambek, HU
29/07/2009 - 02/08/2009
V4 Countries for Development and a New Cooperation: Contact Making Seminar
Rodowo, PL
29/07/2009 - 02/08/2009
14th Nograd International Folklore Festival
Salgotarjan, HU
29/07/2009 - 07/08/2009
Summer Workshop MPhilms 2009
Banska Stiavnica, SK
31/07/2009 - 01/08/2009
Wegorapa Folk Music Festival
Wegorzewo, PL
31/07/2009 - 01/08/2009
The "Visegrad Nights" at Beseda u Bigbitu festival 2009
Tasov, CZ
31/07/2009 - 02/08/2009
Fest Anca
Zilina, SK
31/07/2009 - 09/08/2009
Festival nad rekou - River Film Fest
Pisek, CZ



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